Petition

E. P. Davis et al. to Beriah Magoffin

Place of Creation
Carter County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Petition
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862
Box / Folder
MG19-345
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0856
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32209264

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Dates
1861-03-26
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Citation

E. P. Davis et al. to Beriah Magoffin, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-020-0856 (January 25, 2026).

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State of Kentucky
Carter county Sct
To his Excellency B Magoffin Governor

we the under signed petitioners would represent to your Excellency that James Jennings find by the Carter Circuit Court the sum of $20. for Illegal Gameing Now we think Mr Jennings case Kneeds Your clemency for these reasons that that the fine was for Shooting for a beef with others and declares that when the matter took place that he did not Know it was wrong to shoot for beef as it had been done so offten before but says she will not do so any more since it has he Knows that it is wrong or a violation to shoot for beef of the Law Now Mr Jennings is a poor man with a family to rase and Educate and he abandoned all such conduct and he is for ever done with such things; and that times are too hard for a poor man to raise money; and for such releif we shall ever pray

E P Davis
George Nethercutt
Allen Duncan
Jas W Thompson
B F Crawford
J B Ward
C N. Swis
A F Goble
B S Shepherd

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Carter Cir Ct
Remitted
B. M
$20. } Gaming
Jas. Jennings
Iss Mar 26. 1861